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Post by njlinderer on Mar 3, 2021 20:43:05 GMT
Hi all,
Just wanted a quick opinion on Cold Steel vs Windless Battle Cry Scottish basket hilt broadswords. Which one would you pick? Would say handling and durability are important to me. Thanks! Nick
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2021 21:24:15 GMT
Welcome aboard The Hanwei backsword gets the most favorable remarks over the years. It can all be a bit subjective. I believe there is a Battlecry review around somewhere. www.kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=SH2003Cheers GC
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Post by mattjohn98 on Mar 14, 2021 9:52:29 GMT
I agree with edelweiss I own the Hanwei Scottish Backsword and that thing is the best handling basket hilt I've handled. I've had windlasses before and it was over weight and not that well balanced. I'd say the Cold steel broadsword or Hanwei scottish backsword is a better choice. And for the love of god, stay away from this one... Almost 5 pounds for a single handed sword!!! That's way to heavy kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=501544
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2021 19:59:33 GMT
It does have nice acid etching though, and a rayskin grip. I considered this one for re-enactment purposes. It's pretty, if not very functional.
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Post by Razor on Mar 22, 2021 3:49:00 GMT
I have owned 15 basket hilted swords(four of those were training swords) and handled and took measurements of antique basket hilted swords. The Hanwei Basket Hilt Backsword, is the closest to handling like the antique, than any other basket hilt swords that Hanwei, Windlass, and Cold Steel make.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2021 4:29:35 GMT
Noted. I really do like the basket hilt that EaglePommelAddict sold me though.
It shined up nicely, has a close COB, and only weighs 2.8 pounds. It took a wicked edge. It has a solid-feeling brass basket, with room enough to spare, and the temper springs back to true. I dare not say how cheap he sold it. Suffice it to say it was very, very cheap. Shockingly cheap. I love it.
I don't even know what brand it is.
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Post by skorillo on Mar 22, 2021 17:16:06 GMT
I own a Castille....and i love it. Handles brilliant.
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Post by Polyester on Feb 6, 2022 7:28:07 GMT
I would like to revisit this topic. Last year I did a lot of research on basket swords and read and looked at everything I could find on the internet. At the beginning of September last year I ordered the Eglinton basket hilt backsword and the Culloden basket hilt broadsword from Windlass. They were on sale at 10% off and would have sufficed for me for the wall and the sense of history. At the end of October came the Eglinton. Not the Culloden. Do I have to wait. Then I thought, you still need a basket sword with a red inlay and it should be a broadsword. So read and compare again here. So I decided to go with Cold Steel. It was black week at the time and 20% off. The delivery time is indefinite. In mid-January, the dealer informed me that the Culloden was no longer manufactured and that I could not receive it. I could get the money back or take an alternative sword. In my entire research time, only the Hanwei back sword remained, so I took money out again and ordered it. Now I'm even happier because the Hanwei basked hilt backsword not only looks good, but also has good buyer ratings. Here in Germany it is the most expensive basket hilt sword from mass manufacturers. Now I want to hope that it will also be delivered. Buying swords is currently very difficult due to delivery problems. The Eglinton basket hilt backsword in the pic:
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Post by Polyester on Apr 15, 2022 14:20:11 GMT
They're finally here. 🤗
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Post by glendon on Apr 16, 2022 3:50:27 GMT
They're finally here. 🤗 Soooooo jealous. I had the Hanwei; very nice, but I bent it at the tip because I was (am) a moron. Its now a dirk and a cutlass. The Eglington basket appears too delicate for me, but it is pretty. Let me know some of the Cold Steel's stats as they are currently produced, please--its on my wish list and my birthday is fast approaching.
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Post by jhykron on Apr 16, 2022 5:54:08 GMT
Wait, you literally cut down the blade into a dirk and cutlass?
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Post by glendon on Apr 16, 2022 23:11:05 GMT
Wait, you literally cut down the blade into a dirk and cutlass? Well, the remaining blade became a dirk, a sgian dubh, and a crucifix knife; the basket went into the cutlass.
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Post by JakeH on Apr 30, 2022 14:32:00 GMT
Hi all, Just wanted a quick opinion on Cold Steel vs Windless Battle Cry Scottish basket hilt broadswords. Which one would you pick? Would say handling and durability are important to me. Thanks! Nick
This has been covered, but since I was passing by I thought I'd throw in my 2cents... Of the two you specifically asked about, the Cold Steel in the better option. I picked one up from the LTSPECPRO (when it existed) Christmas sale ages ago for 100$ (and they threw in a bunch of free stuff in those days too) so it's my go to for test cutting since it doesn't owe me a dime. The basket is huge and fugly but the sword cuts like mad and isn't outside the tolerance bars for a historical examples - which range widely. Plus, with Cold Steel's usual lean to overbuilding swords so that people who try to chop through cars won't sue them I'm not worried about it flying apart on mats. With the handling, it's better for something like Thomas Page than the later regimental era stuff (Angelo, Roworth, etc) where you can use Page's equilibro mechanics to advantage and get the most out of the sword. It's a bit ... stout... for wristy, late-period styles. Expanding the field a little, I concur that the Hanwei is the nuts. The basket is more appropriate to type, the dynamics are better, and it's about the best you can do in a mass-production baskethilt. I've never met a Windlass baskethilt I've liked. Though I haven't met them all, they seem overbuilt and clunky. On the flip side, one of my students has the big brass basket monstrosity and while I wouldn't want to try to fight with it, that thing cuts like a guillotine if you use it right. It's like the Highland answer to an Executioner's Sword. hah. Obviously, there are better custom and semi-custom (think Danelli, Balefire or Castille) options for a using sword and lots of options for pretty ones (like Castlekeep)but $$$. You get what you pay for from those guys but you DO pay for. And that's the downside of baskethilts. They're just a lot more work and expense to produce and they're less popular than longswords or military sabres so the field is small and spendy even for production swords. A lot of makers like Albion and Valiant, won't go near em. I've asked. For years I always thought the TypeXII-ish blade from the OLD Malatesta would have made a crackerjack broadsword and you could use the same hilt with an I-beam blade for a blunt. Wasn't to be. Cheers, Jake
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